Posted by Jim Sabiston on December 21, 2008 at 12:55 PM
I've been nursing my 8 year old 17" laptop for a while now, but the lcd screen started dropping colors a couple of months ago. My backup has been my HP tablet - nice machine but I've been doing my photo editing on its high resolution 12.1" screen for the last two months. Can you spell 'eye strain?'
The good news is my family is giving me a gift card to go towards a new monitor. I will eventually also upgrade my old laptop to a newer desktop, but that is secondary at the moment.
I've looked at some of the current options. I want to go for the highest available resolution and picture quality (obviously) in a 22-24" or so monitor. This seems to get me into the 1920 X 1200 res range.
Can I get some feedback and opinions from the photographers who are using some of the new monitor tech out there?
Samsung LTM220CS01?
Dells?
Thanks in advance.
Posted by Paul Wegemann on December 21, 2008 at 3:14 PM
Jim,
Have a look at shootsmarter.com. They've reviewed, and recommend, several monitors.
Posted by Adam Schallau on December 21, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Jim,
I don't know what your $ limit is, but I can easily recommend the NEC LCD2490WUXi and the Spectraview II software.
Posted by Ken Atkinson on December 21, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Based on advice I received from the folks here, I purchased a 22" Dell Ultrasharp several months ago and have been very happy with it.
Ken
Posted by Nat Coalson on December 22, 2008 at 10:58 AM
For serious color work NEC LCDs are the way to go: LaCie and Eizo both use NEC LCDs in their products but you can save some money buying an NEC branded one instead.
I'd definitely second Adam's recommendation on NEC's WUXi line; for a smaller budget the UXi series is excellent (Google the LCD2090UXi).
Whatever brand you get, make sure that you get a display that you can individually/manually adjust:
- brightness
- contrast
- color temperature
- RGB controls
This will ensure that you can properly calibrate the display. If you're doing a lot of prepping for print stay away from the models with super high contrast ratios (1000:1 etc.).
The higher end NECs (and the LaCie and Eizo's) optionally come with a calibration system. You might be better off buying an X-Rite Eye One Display 2 separately.
Getting a good, new display is a great way to reinvigorate your photographic processing... good luck!
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4 repliesThe good news is my family is giving me a gift card to go towards a new monitor. I will eventually also upgrade my old laptop to a newer desktop, but that is secondary at the moment.
I've looked at some of the current options. I want to go for the highest available resolution and picture quality (obviously) in a 22-24" or so monitor. This seems to get me into the 1920 X 1200 res range.
Can I get some feedback and opinions from the photographers who are using some of the new monitor tech out there?
Samsung LTM220CS01?
Dells?
Thanks in advance.
Have a look at shootsmarter.com. They've reviewed, and recommend, several monitors.
I don't know what your $ limit is, but I can easily recommend the NEC LCD2490WUXi and the Spectraview II software.
Ken
I'd definitely second Adam's recommendation on NEC's WUXi line; for a smaller budget the UXi series is excellent (Google the LCD2090UXi).
Whatever brand you get, make sure that you get a display that you can individually/manually adjust:
- brightness
- contrast
- color temperature
- RGB controls
This will ensure that you can properly calibrate the display. If you're doing a lot of prepping for print stay away from the models with super high contrast ratios (1000:1 etc.).
The higher end NECs (and the LaCie and Eizo's) optionally come with a calibration system. You might be better off buying an X-Rite Eye One Display 2 separately.
Getting a good, new display is a great way to reinvigorate your photographic processing... good luck!